| Castle Saunderson | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Private dwelling house |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Gothic revival |
| Classification | Ruined |
| Location | Belturbet, County Cavan |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°07′30″N 7°21′07″W / 54.125°N 7.352°W |
| Renovated | 1835 (substantially remodelled) |
| Owner | Scouting Ireland (CSI) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | limestone |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | George Sudden |
| Developer | Saunderson family |
| References | |
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Castle Saunderson (Irish: Caisleán Shandarsan) is a castle near Belturbet in County Cavan, Ireland. It was the former family seat of the Saunderson family, and is now in ruins. The Finn River flows along the north-eastern edge of the Castle Saunderson Demesne, where the river enters a narrow channel of Upper Lough Erne. The castle is about a half a mile west from Wattlebridge, a small hamlet in the south-south-east of County Fermanagh.[2][3]
The Castle Saunderson International Scouting Centre is a Scouting Ireland facility, opened in 2012 within the grounds of the castle.[4] The centre provides indoor accommodation and campsites covering 34 acres (14 ha). It is open to Scouts year round, as well as to non-Scouts for most of the year. It currently acts as a World Scouting Centre for the Scouts, alongside Cairo International Scout Centre in Egypt and others.
- ^ "Castle Saunderson". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Discoverer Series Sheet 27 (Edition F). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services, Belfast, 2019.
- ^ Barbara Chapman, A History of Newtownbutler, p. 30. Nonsuch Publishing, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, 2005.
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